Roofing vent and installation tool

Abstract

A roofing vent adapted to be installed in the attic space of a building so as to communicate between a soffit zone and the attic space to improve the circulation of air therein and a special tool to facilitate the installation thereof. The roofing vent comprises an open-ended channel having a generally U-shaped cross-section and a plurality of transversely extending notches integrally formed in the bottom surface of the channel at spaced apart locations. The installation tool comprises an elongated handle having a vent gripping working surface at one end thereof. Also located proximate to this working surface is a roller member having its axis of rotation generally parallel to and a predetermined distance above the vent engaging surface. The length of the handle is such that an operator may stand in a location where the pitch of the roof permits sufficient head room for convenient working. By manipulating the tool, the roofing vent may be located proximate the intersection of the roof rafters with the ceiling joists.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. In the construction of a pitched roof building of the type in which spaced apart roof rafters having roof sheathing attached to the outer side edge thereof intersect at an acute angle with horizontal ceiling joists along a plateline separating a soffit zone from the attic space, a method for maintaining adequate ventilation between said soffit zone and said attic zone, comprising the steps of: (a) installing ceiling insulation material between said ceiling joists, said insulating material extending proximate the intersection of said roof rafters with the building's plateline; and   (b) thereafter, from a position remote from the location of said plateline, inserting a plurality of elongated, open ended, molded plastic channel members between selected pairs of adjacent roof rafters of said pitched roof building with the bottom portion of said channel members being spaced from said roof sheathing by the side walls of said channel members, the bottom portion being provided with a plurality of transversely extending wedge-shaped notches, one open end of each of said channel members being disposed in said soffit zone and the other open end of said channel members being disposed in said uninsulated attic zone, said elongated open ended channel members being put in place with a long handled tool having a wedge-shaped head thereon for engaging a selected one of said wedge-shaped notches in said bottom portion of said channel members.